The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 9, 2185
Waning Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 PM
10:04 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3252
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 | 215.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.3° / 316.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 42m / 20.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.96° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.90° / 2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.58° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.