The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 9, 2017
Waning Gibbous
56.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.8%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1174
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 | 262.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 276.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 9.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.16° / 2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.85° / -1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.84° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.