The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 8, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 PM
4:17 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -211
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 | 143.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.2° / 35.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 36m / 10.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.84° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.29° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.