The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 8, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
3:00 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 358
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 | 126.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 52.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 12.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.55° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.49° / -4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.45° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.