The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 8, 1950
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 AM
4:08 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 345
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 185.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -26.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.20° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.61° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.79° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.