The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 9, 2023
Waning Crescent
11.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 AM
2:47 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.9%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1248
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 218.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -14.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.06° / -1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.46° / 2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.87° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.