The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 9, 1996
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 AM
4:41 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 914
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 | 346.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.0° / 188.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -16.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.69° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.17° / -4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.92° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.