The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 2043
Waxing Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 PM
11:46 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1496
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 | 78.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 99.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 31m / -11.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.35° / -1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.82° / 3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.63° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| 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.