The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 9, 2032
First Quarter
49.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.1%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1360
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 87.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 07m / -1.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.01° / 3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.23° / -3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.73° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.