The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 9, 1993
Waning Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 AM
2:14 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 877
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 | 310.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 228.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 40m / -13.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.14° / -3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / 4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.78° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.