The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 8, 2047
Waning Gibbous
67.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 PM
11:40 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.2%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1545
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 | 249.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 284.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 49m / 8.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.44° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.55° / 5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.76° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.