The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 9, 1913
Waxing Gibbous
85.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
3:44 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.0%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -112
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 | 134.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 44.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 52m / 15.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.42° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.66° / -3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.72° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.0° |
| 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.