The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 8, 2025
Waning Gibbous
81.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
11:20 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.2%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1273
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 | 231.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 304.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 46m / 20.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.35° / 2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.89° / -2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.09° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.