The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 9, 1924
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 PM
5:54 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 24
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 13.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 56m / 15.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.06° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.12° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.37° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.