The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 8, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
6:04 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 395
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.3° / 15.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 37m / 22.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.31° / 3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.23° / -3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.46° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.