The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 9, 2091
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 AM
4:47 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2089
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 187.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 18m / -16.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.60° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.21° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.58° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.