The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 8, 1977
Waning Crescent
6.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 AM
3:44 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.2%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 679
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 331.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 206.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 05m / -14.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.90° / 2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / -2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.92° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.