The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 8, 2035
Waxing Gibbous
56.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 PM
12:21 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.8%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1397
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 | 97.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 82.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 42m / -4.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.04° / -2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.91° / 3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.00° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.