The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 9, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
70.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
1:51 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.2%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -13
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 | 113.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 66.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / 4.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.83° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / 0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.31° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.