The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 8, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
2:49 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 828
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 | 124.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 53.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 12m / 12.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.44° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.96° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.85° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.