The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 8, 1918
Waxing Crescent
24.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 AM
10:18 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.9%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -50
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 | 59.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.9° / 113.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 06m / -11.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.50° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.24° / -5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.54° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.