The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 9, 2003
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 PM
8:34 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1001
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 344.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 44m / 26.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.43° / 3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.57° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.51° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.