The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 9, 2097
Waxing Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 PM
10:22 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2164
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 113.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 47m / -18.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.71° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.92° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.13° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.