The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 9, 2115
Waning Crescent
37.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 AM
1:42 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.4%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2386
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 | 284.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 256.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / 2.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.80° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.90° / -3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.43° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.