The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 9, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 PM
5:13 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -211
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 | 154.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 22.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 23m / 13.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.78° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.97° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.15° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.3° |
| 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.