The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 9, 1971
Last Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 605
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.1° / 266.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 08m / 1.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.40° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.89° / 5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.87° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.