The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 9, 2079
Waning Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 PM
9:09 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1941
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 338.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 14m / 28.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.07° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.52° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.0° |
| 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.