The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 2037
Waxing Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 AM
6:54 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1422
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 150.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 39m / -22.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.99° / 0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.11° / -0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.69° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.