The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 9, 2200
Waxing Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 AM
7:48 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3438
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 140.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -17.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.99° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.69° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.29° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.