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Moon Information For December 9 2018 (United States)

Moon December 9, 2018 (United States)

The Moon information shown here applies to Washington, District of Columbia, United States on Sunday, December 9, 2018. (Local time America/New York)

Moonrise to moonset9h50m
Moonrise09:07
Moonset18:57
Distance to the center of the Sun147,333,718 km
Distance to the center of Earth401,216 km
Moon ilumination (at midnight)3.5%
Lunar phasewaxing
Current zodiac sign the MoonCapricorn ♑
Moon age (days past new moon)1.8

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth. Check all the conjunctions in December 2018.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and TimeDegrees Apart
Moon and VenusDecember 3Venus is 3.8 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and Saturn2018-12-09 00:30Saturn is 1.2 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and MarsDecember 14Mars is 3.9 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and AldebaranDecember 21Aldebaran is 1.7 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and BeehiveDecember 24Beehive is 0.6 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and RegulusDecember 26Regulus is 2.5 degrees South of the Moon.

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