The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 PM
1:04 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1632
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 | 105.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 75.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 15m / -2.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.61° / -3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.58° / 5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.22° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.