The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 8, 2042
Waning Crescent
13.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 AM
2:38 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.6%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1483
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 222.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -14.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.64° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / 2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.48° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.