The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 1914
Waning Gibbous
68.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 PM
11:58 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.7%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -100
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 | 248.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 288.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 46m / 14.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.95° / 0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.94° / 0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.50° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.