The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 8, 2041
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 PM
8:51 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1471
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 | 192.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 342.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 56m / 27.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.04° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / -4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.93° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.