The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 9, 2084
Waxing Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 PM
5:25 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2003
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 24.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 10m / 21.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.00° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.54° / -4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.92° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.