The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 9, 2082
Waning Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 PM
11:04 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1978
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 304.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 42m / 19.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.77° / 1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.30° / -0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.49° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.