The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 8, 1941
Waning Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 PM
10:58 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 234
Events on this date
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.6° / 299.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 46m / 14.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.93° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.46° / 4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.69° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.