The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 9, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
2:38 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 222
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 57.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 17m / 7.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.41° / -1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.79° / 2.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.53° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.