The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 9, 2037
Waxing Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 AM
7:53 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1422
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 138.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -21.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.30° / -0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.26° / 1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.50° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.