The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 9, 1967
Waxing Gibbous
59.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
12:37 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 556
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 | 100.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 80.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / -3.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.64° / -2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / 3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.49° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.