The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 8, 1947
Waning Crescent
14.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 AM
2:53 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.3%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 308
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 | 315.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 224.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -10.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.41° / 1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.74° / -1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.65° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| 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.