The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 8, 1979
Waning Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 PM
11:21 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 704
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 | 238.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 295.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 07m / 14.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.75° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.13° / 2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.11° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.