The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 8, 2175
Waning Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
2:03 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3128
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 | 309.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 229.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -14.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.74° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.58° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.