The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 8, 2069
Waning Crescent
21.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 AM
2:11 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.0%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1817
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.7° / 234.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -9.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.71° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.57° / 2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.64° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.