The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 1925
Last Quarter
48.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.2%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 36
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 268.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 24m / 8.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.33° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.90° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.