The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 8, 2018
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 AM
6:29 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1187
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 | 15.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 155.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -21.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.55° / 2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.85° / -2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.51° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.