The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 9, 2146
Waxing Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 PM
11:54 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2770
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 | 79.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 97.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -8.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.95° / 0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.48° / 0.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.43° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.