The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 8, 1991
Waxing Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 AM
7:21 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 853
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 144.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -22.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.05° / 0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.99° / 0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.64° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.