The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 1936
Waning Crescent
23.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
1:46 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.4%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 172
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 | 302.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 236.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 02m / -11.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.93° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.78° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.36° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.