The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 9, 1906
Waning Crescent
43.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 AM
1:28 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.5%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -199
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 | 277.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 263.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 5.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.43° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.22° / -4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.28° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.