The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 9, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
75.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
2:14 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.1%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1162
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 61.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 12m / 4.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.07° / -3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / 5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.51° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.