The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 9, 1958
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 AM
4:35 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 444
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 189.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 07m / -17.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.09° / 3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.62° / -3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.31° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.