The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 9, 2065
Waxing Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 PM
4:53 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1768
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 | 146.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 31.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 42m / 20.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.39° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.15° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.70° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.