The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 8, 1913
Waxing Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
2:43 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -112
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 | 123.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 56.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 9.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.38° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.44° / -2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.86° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.