The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 9, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
64.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
1:16 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.8%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -248
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 | 107.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 72.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 11m / 3.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.79° / 1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.25° / -1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.11° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.