The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 8, 1924
Waxing Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 PM
4:56 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 24
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 | 151.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.1° / 26.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 08m / 12.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.02° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.29° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.50° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.