The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 9, 2061
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 AM
3:21 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1718
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 | 335.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 200.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 22m / -22.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.89° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.09° / 5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.48° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.