The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 9, 2108
Waxing Crescent
44.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.4%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2300
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 | 83.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.2° / 93.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 48m / -5.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.16° / 1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / -1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.86° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| 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.