The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 8, 1912
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 AM
4:47 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -125
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.7° / 174.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 58m / -27.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.22° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.38° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 5.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.