The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 9, 2114
Waxing Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 PM
4:19 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2374
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 34.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 38m / 13.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.34° / -1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / 3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.98° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.