The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 9, 2085
Last Quarter
45.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 AM
12:35 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.7%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2015
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 261.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 27m / -2.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.41° / -5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.97° / 7.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.50° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.