The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 9, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
76.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
2:26 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.7%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 927
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 58.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 5.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.89° / -2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.86° / 4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.31° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.