The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 9, 2077
Waning Crescent
28.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
2:07 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.2%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1916
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 245.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -2.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.31° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.52° / -4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.16° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.