The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 9, 1925
Waning Crescent
38.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 AM
1:45 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 36
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 | 283.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 258.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / 4.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.58° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.21° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.07° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.