The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 8, 2039
Last Quarter
51.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.7%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1446
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 273.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 12m / 10.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.61° / 5.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.80° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.38° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.