The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 9, 1969
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 AM
5:06 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 581
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 170.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 22m / -28.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.69° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.33° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.22° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 326.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.