The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 7, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
68.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
1:42 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.8%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1063
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.7° / 66.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 22m / 7.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.97° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.40° / -4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.19° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.