The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 2076
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 PM
5:37 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1904
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 | 158.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 18.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 36m / 17.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.89° / -1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.01° / 3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.46° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.