The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 9, 1980
Waxing Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 AM
7:11 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 717
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars 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 | 24.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 147.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -20.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.01° / 2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / -2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.75° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.