The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 8, 2022
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 PM
8:18 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1236
Events on this date
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.9° / 348.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 27m / 26.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.54° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.56° / -3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.15° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.