The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 9, 1974
Waning Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 AM
2:16 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 642
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 226.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -14.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.31° / -3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / 5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.98° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.