The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 8, 1901
Waning Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
3:40 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -261
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.8° / 203.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -17.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.80° / 0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.88° / -0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.89° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.