The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 9, 1946
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 PM
8:46 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 296
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 339.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 03m / 25.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.74° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.13° / -1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.25° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.