The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 9, 2050
Waning Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:06 AM
2:13 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1582
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 | 307.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.6° / 231.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 31m / -11.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.21° / -1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.90° / 2.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.01° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.