The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 8, 2107
Waning Crescent
34.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
1:28 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.9%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2287
Events on this date
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 252.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / -2.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.68° / -1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.38° / 2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.91° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.