The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 9, 2161
Last Quarter
55.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.1%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2955
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 | 264.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 2.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.17° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.67° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.42° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.