The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 9, 2076
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 PM
6:45 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1904
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 | 170.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.2° / 4.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 30m / 21.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.18° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / 1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.33° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.