The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 8, 1957
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 PM
8:42 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 432
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 333.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 19m / 19.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.39° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.52° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.