The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 9, 2060
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 PM
10:09 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1706
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 | 208.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 325.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 17m / 27.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.10° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.43° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.85° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.