The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 9, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 PM
2:35 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 692
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 | 123.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 57.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 20m / 5.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.79° / -2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.94° / 3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.10° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.