The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 9, 2052
Waning Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 PM
10:32 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1607
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 | 227.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 303.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 30m / 14.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.19° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / 6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.43° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.