The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 8, 1919
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 PM
8:45 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -38
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 | 198.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 333.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 16m / 20.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.84° / -3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.91° / 5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.91° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.