The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 2178
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 AM
4:36 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3165
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 182.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 30m / -23.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.46° / -1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.13° / 2.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.74° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.