The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 8, 1906
Last Quarter
53.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.9%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -199
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 274.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 56m / 10.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.37° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.12° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.12° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| 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.