The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 8, 1956
Waxing Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 AM
11:11 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 420
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 | 70.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 103.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 50m / -7.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.06° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.02° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.94° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.