The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 9, 2123
Last Quarter
52.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.2%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2485
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 268.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 56m / 1.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.74° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.30° / 7.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.79° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.