The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 8, 1961
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 AM
6:08 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 482
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 | 9.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.1° / 162.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -19.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.61° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.72° / -4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.74° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.