The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 8, 2007
Waning Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 AM
4:00 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1050
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 | 348.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 187.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 08m / -26.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.89° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.01° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.