The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 9, 2088
Waning Crescent
10.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 AM
3:08 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.0%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2052
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 215.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 39m / -14.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.76° / 1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / -1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.62° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.