The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 9, 1966
Waning Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 AM
3:19 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 543
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 209.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 53m / -16.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.79° / 0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.78° / 0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.66° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.