The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 9, 1995
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 PM
9:23 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 902
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 321.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 07m / 17.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.96° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.68° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.08° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.