The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 8, 1996
Waning Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 AM
3:54 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 914
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.6° / 203.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 17m / -14.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.79° / 3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / -3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.73° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| 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.