The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 9, 2031
Waning Crescent
25.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 AM
1:47 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.5%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1347
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 | 299.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 239.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -9.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.98° / -2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.96° / 4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.20° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.