The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 2082
Waning Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 PM
10:31 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1978
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 | 217.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 316.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 49m / 23.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.01° / 2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.81° / -2.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.35° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.