The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 9, 2043
First Quarter
50.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.8%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1496
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 88.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 18m / -5.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.28° / -0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.13° / 1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.47° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.