The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 8, 1934
Waxing Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 AM
7:11 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 148
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 | 26.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 146.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -24.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.65° / -1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.91° / 3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.89° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.