The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 8, 1938
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 PM
8:41 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 197
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 333.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 16m / 19.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.66° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.45° / 5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.72° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.