The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 9, 2055
Waning Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
11:55 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1644
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 | 245.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 291.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 44m / 15.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.10° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / -1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.30° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.