The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
87.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 PM
4:04 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.1%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1063
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 | 138.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 39.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 08m / 18.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.10° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.74° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.91° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.