The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 9, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
75.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 PM
2:21 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.1%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 457
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 | 120.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 60.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 5.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.95° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.33° / 2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.90° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.