The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 8, 1904
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 AM
6:56 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -223
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.3° / 151.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 24m / -18.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.71° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.86° / -5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.96° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.