The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 6, 2009
Waning Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 PM
11:23 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1075
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 294.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 05m / 14.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.44° / -2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.03° / 3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.01° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.