The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 8, 1967
First Quarter
49.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.7%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 556
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.1° / 91.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 12m / -8.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.47° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.89° / 5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.65° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.