The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 8, 2050
Waning Crescent
27.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 AM
1:42 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.9%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1582
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 | 296.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 242.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 45m / -7.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.22° / -2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.75° / 3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.83° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.