The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 9, 1941
Waning Gibbous
71.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 PM
11:36 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.1%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 234
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 | 245.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 289.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 36m / 11.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.46° / -2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.13° / 3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.84° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.