The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 8, 2056
Waxing Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 AM
7:06 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1657
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.2° / 147.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 53m / -22.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.12° / 0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / 0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.87° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.