The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 8, 1990
Last Quarter
54.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.1%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 840
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 271.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 48m / 3.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.81° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.24° / 5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.52° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| 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.