The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 9, 1933
Waning Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 135
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.3° / 273.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 46m / 5.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.77° / -1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.53° / 2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.44° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.