The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 8, 1930
Waning Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 PM
10:36 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 98
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 320.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 35m / 26.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.09° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.60° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.32° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.0° |
| 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.