The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 9, 1983
Waxing Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 AM
9:51 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 754
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 | 59.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 118.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 20m / -20.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.19° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.41° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.78° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.