The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 9, 2010
Waxing Crescent
16.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 AM
9:10 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.3%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1088
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 | 47.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.4° / 125.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 26m / -16.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.90° / 2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.50° / -2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.64° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.