The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 8, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
1:17 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 927
Events on this date
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
-
Neptune, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 71.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 24m / 0.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.67° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / 3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.45° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.