The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 9, 1960
Waning Gibbous
66.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 PM
11:57 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.2%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 469
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 284.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 03m / 10.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.90° / -0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.91° / 2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.63° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.