The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 8, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
4:10 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 494
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 35.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 36m / 9.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.78° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.94° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.06° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.