The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 9, 1942
Waxing Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 AM
8:12 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 247
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 | 22.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 135.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 40m / -19.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.42° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.93° / -4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.85° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.