The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 8, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 PM
1:07 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1162
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 | 106.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 74.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 18m / -0.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.90° / -2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.05° / 3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.65° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.