The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 8, 2032
Waxing Crescent
37.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 AM
11:42 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.8%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1360
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 99.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 13m / -6.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.86° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.89° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.