The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 8, 1966
Waning Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 AM
2:49 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 543
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 | 315.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 224.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -10.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.60° / 1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.70° / -0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.47° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.