The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 8, 2031
Waning Crescent
34.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 AM
1:16 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.9%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1347
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 | 287.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 250.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / -5.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.21° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.61° / 5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.02° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.