The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 9, 1937
Waxing Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 AM
11:33 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 185
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 | 74.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 100.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 06m / -6.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.39° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.68° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.57° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.