The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 9, 2046
Waxing Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
4:07 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1533
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 | 137.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 40.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.49° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.53° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.47° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.