The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 9, 2179
Waxing Gibbous
82.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 PM
3:22 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.2%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3178
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 | 130.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 48.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 38m / 13.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.56° / 3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.78° / -3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.31° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.