The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Waning Crescent
31.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 AM
2:04 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.5%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1211
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 | 291.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 249.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 45m / 0.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.07° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.94° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.