The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 9, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
60.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 PM
12:46 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.7%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 321
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 | 102.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 78.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / -2.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.75° / -2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.05° / 4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.12° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.