The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 9, 2041
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 PM
9:50 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1471
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 | 204.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 329.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 55m / 27.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.19° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / -5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.06° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.