The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 9, 2164
Waning Crescent
23.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 AM
2:16 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.4%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2992
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 | 302.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 238.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 19m / -5.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.40° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.69° / -1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.49° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.