The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 9, 2067
Waxing Crescent
12.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 AM
8:45 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.6%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1793
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,000 km.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 130.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -16.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.03° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.78° / -4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.41° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.