The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 9, 2177
Waning Gibbous
80.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 PM
10:57 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3153
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 | 233.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 300.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 15.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.03° / -2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.19° / 4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.17° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.