The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 8, 1974
Waning Crescent
25.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
1:41 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.6%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 642
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.9° / 239.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -10.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.71° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.35° / 6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.80° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.