The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 8, 2077
Waning Crescent
37.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 AM
1:46 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.0%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1916
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.3° / 256.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 16m / 3.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.49° / 4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.82° / -4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.99° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.