The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% 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
3:28 PM
4:04 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 729
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 | 142.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.9° / 37.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 9.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.92° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.09° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.25° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.2° |
| 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.