The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 9, 2002
Waxing Crescent
31.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 PM
10:40 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.4%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 989
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 110.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 58m / -17.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.42° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.50° / 7.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.96° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.0° |
| 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.