The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 8, 1993
Waning Crescent
27.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 AM
1:36 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 877
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 | 297.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 241.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -9.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.69° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.90° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.60° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.