The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 8, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
69.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 PM
1:42 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 222
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 | 112.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 68.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 32m / 3.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.63° / 0.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / 0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.68° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.