The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 9, 1910
First Quarter
49.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.2%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -149
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.7° / 91.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / -9.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.69° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.66° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.73° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.