The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 9, 1920
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 AM
4:53 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -26
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 | 352.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.2° / 182.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 33m / -19.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.52° / 2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.31° / -3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.89° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.