The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 8, 1932
Waxing Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 PM
3:32 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 123
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 | 132.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 46.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 41m / 14.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.67° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.59° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.09° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.