The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
66.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 PM
1:22 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.2%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 457
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 | 108.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 71.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 18m / 1.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.67° / -0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.32° / 1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.05° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.