The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 8, 2024
First Quarter
50.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.9%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1261
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 88.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 18m / -6.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.94° / -1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.23° / 2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.27° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.