The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 9, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 PM
4:06 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 358
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 | 138.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.9° / 39.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 17.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.22° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.91° / -4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.31° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.