The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 8, 2027
Waxing Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
2:17 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1298
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 | 117.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 60.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / 10.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.20° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.39° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.41° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.