The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 10, 2174
Waning Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
9:59 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3116
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 326.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 11m / 26.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.87° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.48° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.33° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.