The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 9, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
4:05 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 828
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 | 138.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 39.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 09m / 18.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.18° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.48° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.72° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.