The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 8, 2067
Waxing Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
7:34 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1793
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 143.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 02m / -19.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.61° / 2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.08° / -2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.60° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.