The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 9, 2012
Waning Crescent
18.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 AM
2:12 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1112
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 | 309.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 229.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -12.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.08° / -2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.80° / 4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.58° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.