The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 8, 2002
Waxing Crescent
22.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 AM
9:36 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.4%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 989
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 120.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 06m / -21.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.65° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.87° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.14° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.