The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 8, 2038
Waxing Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 PM
4:36 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1434
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 147.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.4° / 31.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 50m / 12.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.80° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.39° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.01° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.