The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 8, 2108
Waxing Crescent
34.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 AM
11:16 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.9%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2300
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 103.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 01m / -9.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.00° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.96° / -2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.03° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| 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.