The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 8, 2066
Waning Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
11:51 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1780
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 | 255.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 279.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 6.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.05° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.09° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.54° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| 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.