The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 8, 2013
Waxing Crescent
39.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
11:54 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.9%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1125
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 | 78.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 97.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 20m / -5.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.94° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.55° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.70° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.