The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 8, 2162
Waxing Crescent
7.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
7:53 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.1%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2968
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 140.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 12m / -17.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.16° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.88° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.91° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.