The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 8, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 PM
5:51 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1100
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 | 158.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 17.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 29m / 20.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.04° / 1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.91° / -1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.21° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.4° |
| 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.