The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 9, 2036
Waning Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1409
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.5° / 277.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 48m / 10.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.33° / 2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.81° / -2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.64° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.