The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 8, 2072
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:15 AM
4:45 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1854
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.8° / 187.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -16.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.75° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.77° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.