The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 9, 1930
Waning Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 PM
11:22 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 98
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 307.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 23.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.47° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.41° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.45° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.