The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 8, 1935
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 PM
6:09 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 160
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 | 161.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 14.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 36m / 23.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.30° / 3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.96° / -3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.28° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.