The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 8, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
71.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 PM
1:52 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.4%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1867
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 | 115.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 66.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 0.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.54° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.11° / 6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.43° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.