The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 9, 1936
Waning Crescent
15.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 AM
2:15 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.9%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 172
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 225.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -15.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.76° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.52° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.54° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.