The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 8, 1937
Waxing Crescent
27.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 AM
10:32 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.3%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 185
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 | 62.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.9° / 110.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -10.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.93° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.99° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.74° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.