The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 8, 1944
Waning Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 AM
2:42 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 271
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 249.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 00m / 5.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.79° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.61° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.19° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.