The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 8, 1911
Waning Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 PM
10:41 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -137
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 | 216.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 318.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 39m / 26.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.13° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.62° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.50° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.