The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 10, 2184
First Quarter
48.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.0%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3240
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 91.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 14m / -6.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.87° / -1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.28° / 3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.66° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.