The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 9, 2066
Last Quarter
53.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.3%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1780
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 269.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 54m / 1.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.30° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.98° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.70° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.