The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 9, 1926
Waxing Crescent
22.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 AM
9:43 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.4%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 49
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 | 56.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 119.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 06m / -19.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.16° / -3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.20° / 4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.03° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.