The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 8, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 PM
2:51 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1063
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 | 124.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 53.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 13m / 12.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.79° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.82° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.05° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.