The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 2048
Waxing Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
8:53 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1558
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 | 42.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 128.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 07m / -16.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.27° / 3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.68° / -3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.22° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.