The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 8, 2075
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 AM
6:00 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1892
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 162.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 48m / -22.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.12° / 0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.05° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.28° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.