The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 8, 1946
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 PM
7:29 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 356,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 296
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 11:10 AM, is deepest at 12:48 PM and ends at 2:25 PM. Totality lasts from 12:18 PM to 1:17 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,700 km.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 0.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 100.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.3° / 354.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 57m / 23.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.50° / 0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.79° / 0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.12° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 225.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.