The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 8, 2046
Waxing Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
3:06 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1533
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 | 126.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 51.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 19m / 13.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.49° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.31° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.62° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.