The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 8, 1915
Waxing Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 AM
7:14 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -87
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 145.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 59m / -25.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.32° / -2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.98° / 3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.68° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.