The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 8, 2061
Waning Crescent
9.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 AM
2:53 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.2%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1718
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 213.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 34m / -18.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.93° / -2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.22° / 4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.29° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.