The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 9, 2006
Waning Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
11:40 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1038
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.5° / 298.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 15m / 19.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.40° / 2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / -3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.44° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.