The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 9, 1972
Waxing Crescent
13.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 AM
8:39 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.1%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 618
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 | 42.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.2° / 130.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 08m / -18.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.06° / 1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / -0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.07° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.