The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 9, 2089
First Quarter
45.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.5%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2065
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.2° / 92.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -4.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.99° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.25° / -1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.49° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.