The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 9, 2049
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
7:51 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1570
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 348.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 28m / 21.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.62° / -2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.83° / 3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.47° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.