The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 8, 1917
Waning Crescent
30.6% 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
1:55 AM
1:22 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.6%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -63
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 | 293.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.0° / 245.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / -8.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.16° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.90° / 7.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.54° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.