The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 1953
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 AM
7:13 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 383
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 | 27.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 146.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 58m / -23.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.35° / -0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.44° / 2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.08° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.