The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 8, 2084
Waxing Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 PM
4:21 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2003
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 37.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 17m / 18.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.30° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.09° / -5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.06° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| 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.