The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 9, 1977
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 AM
4:35 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 679
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.7° / 189.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 07m / -16.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.93° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.74° / -4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.11° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.