The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 9, 2175
Waning Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 AM
2:29 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3128
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 217.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -18.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.58° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.04° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.76° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.