The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 8, 1923
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 AM
6:11 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 12
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 | 9.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.7° / 162.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 38m / -18.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.69° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.75° / -5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.34° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.