The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 9, 1992
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 PM
7:21 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 865
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 4:59 PM, is deepest at 6:44 PM and ends at 8:28 PM. Totality lasts from 6:06 PM to 7:21 PM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 357.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 52m / 23.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.34° / 0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / -0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.26° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.