The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 8, 1994
Waxing Crescent
38.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 AM
11:42 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.2%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 890
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 | 76.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 98.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 11m / -5.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.52° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.30° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.50° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| 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.