The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 9, 1982
Waning Crescent
28.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
2:15 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.9%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 741
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 246.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -0.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.54° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.48° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.31° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.