The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 9, 1938
Waning Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 PM
9:34 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 197
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 | 211.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 319.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 18m / 17.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.64° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.85° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.