The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 9, 1957
Waning Gibbous
92.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 PM
9:31 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.8%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 432
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 | 210.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 319.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 16m / 17.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.16° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.65° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.