The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 9, 1994
First Quarter
48.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.4%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 890
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.9° / 88.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 59m / -1.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.41° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.00° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.33° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.