The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 9, 1911
Waning Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 PM
11:29 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -137
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 | 230.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.0° / 306.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 43m / 23.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.99° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.30° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.64° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.