The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 9, 1979
Waning Gibbous
67.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 PM
11:56 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.4%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 704
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 | 249.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 286.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 55m / 12.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.76° / -0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.93° / 1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.26° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.