The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 7, 2009
Waning Gibbous
64.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
11:54 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.7%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1075
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.3° / 282.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 8.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.76° / -3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.15° / 4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.16° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| 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.