The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 8, 2023
Waning Crescent
19.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 AM
2:23 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.2%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1248
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 | 308.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.6° / 231.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 31m / -9.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.50° / -0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.88° / 0.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.68° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.