The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 9, 2198
Waxing Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 PM
4:03 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3413
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 | 138.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 40.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 12m / 15.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.06° / 2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.02° / -1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.53° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.