The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 9, 2142
Last Quarter
52.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.4%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2720
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 | 267.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 268.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 56m / 1.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.86° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.22° / 7.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.60° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| 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.