The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 9, 2081
Waxing Gibbous
63.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
1:11 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.4%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1966
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 | 105.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 73.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 10m / 3.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.74° / 2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.21° / -1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.88° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.