The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Waning Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 AM
1:36 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1211
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 | 278.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 263.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / 6.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.88° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.50° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.77° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.