The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 9, 2044
Waning Gibbous
70.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
11:50 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.9%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1508
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.9° / 290.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 45m / 14.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.65° / 1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / -0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.04° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.