The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 8, 1900
Waning Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 PM
9:30 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -273
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 | 209.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 321.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 05m / 18.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.41° / -3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / 5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.25° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.