The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 8, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 PM
3:49 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1199
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.9° / 41.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 17m / 8.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.88° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.29° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.80° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.