The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 9, 2001
Waning Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 AM
2:12 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 976
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 | 294.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.6° / 247.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -0.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.39° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.13° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.12° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.