The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 8, 1939
Waning Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 AM
3:43 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 209
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 | 332.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 205.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 06m / -15.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.38° / 1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.20° / -1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.33° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| 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.