The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 8, 1969
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 AM
4:08 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 580
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.7° / 185.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 16m / -26.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.87° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.12° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.59° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.