The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 8, 2029
Waxing Crescent
12.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 AM
8:42 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.7%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1323
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 130.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 00m / -17.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.45° / 2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.03° / -2.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.02° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.