The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 8, 2006
Waning Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 PM
11:08 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1038
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 | 226.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 309.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 24m / 23.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.76° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.53° / -4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.30° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.