The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 1908
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
8:21 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -174
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 | 189.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 343.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 42m / 23.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.93° / 0.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / 0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.65° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.