The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 1942
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 AM
7:09 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 247
Events on this date
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.0° / 148.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 36m / -18.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.22° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.17° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.05° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.