The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 8, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
12:54 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -13
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 | 102.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 76.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 53m / 0.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.69° / 1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.38° / -1.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.46° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.