The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 8, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 PM
4:16 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 964
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 | 144.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 35.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 41m / 10.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.19° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.46° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.