The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 8, 1945
Waxing Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 AM
8:36 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 284
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 | 44.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 130.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 14m / -22.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.75° / -2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.69° / 4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.40° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.