The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Waxing Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 AM
8:07 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1088
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 | 35.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 136.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -19.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.42° / 1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / -1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.83° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.