The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 9, 1939
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 AM
4:29 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 209
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.9° / 190.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 02m / -17.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.95° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / -2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.52° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.