The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 8, 1902
First Quarter
54.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 PM
12:15 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.6%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -248
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.2° / 83.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 22m / -1.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.83° / 2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.97° / -2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.26° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.