The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 8, 2017
Waning Gibbous
67.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 PM
12:03 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.5%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1174
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 | 249.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 287.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 56m / 13.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.45° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.34° / -0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.69° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| 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.