The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 9, 2075
Waxing Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
7:02 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1892
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,900 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.7° / 148.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 53m / -23.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.09° / -0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.80° / 1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.09° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.