The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 8, 2091
Waning Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 AM
4:00 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2089
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.9° / 204.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 18m / -13.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.46° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.90° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.39° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.