The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 9, 1975
Waxing Crescent
41.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.6%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 655
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 | 80.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.8° / 95.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 28m / -4.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.12° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.88° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.12° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.