The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 9, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 PM
1:08 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1026
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 | 106.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 73.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 18m / 1.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.59° / -0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.34° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.92° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.