The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 9, 2160
Waxing Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 PM
3:35 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2943
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 | 132.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 45.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 15.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.75° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / -3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.97° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.