The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 8, 1972
Waxing Crescent
7.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 AM
7:37 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.3%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 618
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.8° / 141.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 18m / -22.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.92° / 0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.11° / 0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.26° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.