The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 9, 2083
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 AM
5:27 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 356,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1991
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,700 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.7° / 167.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 34m / -26.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.10° / -3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.37° / 4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.75° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.