The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 9, 2107
Waning Crescent
24.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
2:03 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.6%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2287
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 | 300.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 239.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -7.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.57° / -0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.14° / 0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.08° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.