The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 1987
Waning Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
10:45 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 803
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 | 218.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 317.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 48m / 25.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.18° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.17° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.53° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.