The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 9, 2158
Waning Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
11:01 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2918
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 | 233.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.1° / 300.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 52m / 15.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.01° / -1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.39° / 3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.37° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.