The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 8, 2059
Waxing Crescent
14.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 AM
8:34 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1694
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 | 44.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.5° / 131.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -24.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.38° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.80° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.92° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.