The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 8, 1986
First Quarter
54.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
12:01 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.1%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 791
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 85.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / -5.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.88° / -2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.09° / 3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.86° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.