The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 9, 2047
Waning Gibbous
57.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.1%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1545
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 | 262.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 273.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 37m / 3.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.54° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.60° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.92° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.