The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 9, 2057
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 PM
6:16 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1669
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 | 165.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 9.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 08m / 19.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.61° / -1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.69° / 3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.11° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.