The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 8, 1985
Waning Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
2:40 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 778
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 226.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -10.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.04° / 0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.10° / -0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.27° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.