The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 2071
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 PM
8:43 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1842
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 331.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 26m / 18.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.14° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.85° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.98° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.