The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 9, 2119
Waxing Gibbous
55.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 PM
12:18 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2436
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 | 96.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 81.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 31m / -0.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.27° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.34° / -2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.61° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.