The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 9, 2162
Waxing Crescent
14.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
9:00 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.2%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2968
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 127.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -14.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.53° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.15° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.72° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.