The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 9, 1961
Waxing Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 AM
7:06 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 482
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 | 22.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 148.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -19.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.71° / 3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.70° / -3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.55° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.