The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 8, 1949
Waning Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
10:38 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 333
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 | 215.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 319.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 39m / 26.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.14° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.70° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.11° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.