The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 9, 1934
Waxing Crescent
11.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 AM
8:27 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.9%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 148
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,700 km.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 133.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 58m / -21.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.23° / -0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / 1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.70° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.