The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 8, 1960
Waning Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 PM
11:24 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 469
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 | 240.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 293.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 15m / 13.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.04° / -1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.56° / 3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.48° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.