The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 9, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
64.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
1:07 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.3%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 791
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 | 106.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 73.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 16m / 0.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.85° / -1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.81° / 2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.71° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| 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.