The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 8, 2014
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 PM
9:11 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1137
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 324.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 52m / 17.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.36° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.72° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.73° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.