The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 8, 1909
Waning Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 AM
2:54 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -162
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 | 313.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 226.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -8.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.86° / 3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.58° / -3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.22° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.