The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 8, 2164
Waning Crescent
32.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 AM
1:44 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.5%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2992
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 | 290.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 249.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / -2.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.79° / 1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.15° / -0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.31° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| 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.