The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 9, 1918
Waxing Crescent
34.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 AM
11:24 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.9%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -50
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 | 72.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 102.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 57m / -7.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.99° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.37° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.