The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 9, 1904
Waxing Crescent
7.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 AM
7:53 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -223
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 | 31.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 139.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -18.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.86° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.90° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.77° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.