The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 9, 1917
Waning Crescent
22.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 AM
1:49 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.1%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -63
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 | 304.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 234.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -12.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.32° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.82° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.72° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.