The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 8, 1971
Waning Gibbous
59.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 PM
12:13 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 605
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 | 259.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 277.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 25m / 7.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.29° / -2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.94° / 4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.71° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.