The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 8, 2044
Waning Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 PM
11:18 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1508
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 | 231.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.0° / 303.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 49m / 20.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.22° / 2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.54° / -2.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.90° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.