The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Waning Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 PM
11:51 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1273
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 | 244.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 292.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 40m / 15.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.05° / 1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.38° / -1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.23° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.