The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 9, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 PM
4:50 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1199
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 | 150.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 28.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 04m / 13.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.37° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.05° / 6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.66° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.