The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 8, 1982
Waning Crescent
38.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 AM
1:47 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.9%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 741
Events on this date
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Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 259.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / 5.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.35° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.37° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.14° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.