The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 8, 1995
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 PM
8:40 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 902
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 333.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 17m / 18.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.09° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.35° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.95° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.