The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 9, 1932
Waxing Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 PM
4:34 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 123
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 | 143.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 34.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 27m / 19.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.52° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.18° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.95° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.