The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 9, 2033
Waning Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 PM
10:19 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1372
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 | 224.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 306.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 14m / 15.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.38° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.36° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.65° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.