The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 8, 1907
Waxing Crescent
14.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 AM
8:46 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.8%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -186
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 129.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 13m / -21.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.68° / -1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.71° / 2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.01° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.