The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 9, 2134
Waning Crescent
39.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 AM
1:34 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.2%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2621
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.9° / 258.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / 2.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.02° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.12° / -3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.25° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.