The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 9, 2168
Waxing Gibbous
69.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 PM
1:33 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3042
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 | 112.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 69.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 47m / -0.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.46° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.66° / 7.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.58° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.