The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 8, 2138
Waxing Crescent
42.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.9%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2671
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 | 81.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 95.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 36m / -6.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.13° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.24° / -1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.98° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.