The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Last Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1075
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 270.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 2.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.85° / -4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.09° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.31° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.