The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 9, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 PM
2:48 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1867
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.2° / 55.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 37m / 4.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.38° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.74° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.28° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.