The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 8, 1975
Waxing Crescent
32.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 AM
11:04 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.3%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 655
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 | 69.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.0° / 104.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 42m / -8.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.99° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.29° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.