The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 9, 2074
Waning Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 PM
12:04 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1879
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 | 247.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 289.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 54m / 15.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.30° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.43° / -2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.10° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.