The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 8, 2005
First Quarter
53.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.6%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1026
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.5° / 86.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -5.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.71° / -1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.73° / 3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.07° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.