The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Waxing Crescent
25.6% 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
12:01 PM
10:02 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.6%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1224
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 | 60.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 117.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 26m / -20.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.40° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.49° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.35° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.