The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 8, 2001
Waning Crescent
40.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 AM
1:43 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.1%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 976
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 | 281.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.7° / 260.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / 5.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.26° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.08° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.95° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.