The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 9, 2018
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 AM
7:19 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1187
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 144.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 03m / -21.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.71° / 1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.86° / -0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.32° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.