The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 9, 2058
Waning Crescent
35.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 AM
1:50 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.8%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1681
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 255.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 24m / 2.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.57° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.35° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.