The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 8, 2074
Waning Gibbous
78.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
11:28 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.1%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1879
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 | 235.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.5° / 299.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 18.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.94° / 1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.57° / -1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.95° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.