The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 8, 2127
Waxing Crescent
29.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 AM
10:46 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.9%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2535
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 108.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 35m / -11.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.28° / 2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.24° / -2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.40° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.