The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Waning Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 PM
9:54 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1137
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 | 217.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 313.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 43m / 16.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.78° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.95° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.87° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.