The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 9, 2172
Waning Crescent
39.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 AM
1:26 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.3%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3091
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 257.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / 1.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.72° / 1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.82° / -1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.84° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.