The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 8, 2126
Waning Crescent
37.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
1:22 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.4%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2522
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 254.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / -1.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.10° / -0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.42° / 2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.71° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.