The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 8, 2012
Waning Crescent
28.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 AM
1:35 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1112
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 | 295.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 242.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / -8.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.88° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.90° / 5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.40° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.