The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 9, 1976
Waning Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 PM
9:39 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 667
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 317.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 27m / 16.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.97° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.70° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.44° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.