The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 9, 2171
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
5:01 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3079
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 | 150.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 27.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 59m / 17.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.46° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.91° / 0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.73° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.