The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 9, 1900
Waning Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 PM
10:12 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -273
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 309.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 00m / 16.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.74° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.57° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.38° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.