The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 9, 2039
Waning Crescent
41.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 AM
1:38 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.4%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1446
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.7° / 261.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / 5.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.56° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.97° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.55° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.