The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 8, 2028
Waning Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1310
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 | 263.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 272.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 3.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.24° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.72° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.11° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.