The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 8, 1952
Waning Gibbous
58.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.1%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 370
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 | 260.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 276.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 6.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.39° / -2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.92° / 3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.07° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.