The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 9, 2035
Waxing Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 PM
1:21 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1397
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 71.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / -0.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.88° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.31° / 4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.85° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.