The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 8, 1929
Waxing Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 PM
11:56 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 86
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 | 82.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.6° / 98.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -12.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.34° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.04° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.09° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.