The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 9, 2062
Waxing Gibbous
55.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
12:19 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.6%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1731
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 | 96.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 82.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / -1.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.19° / 0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.49° / 0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.66° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.