The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 8, 2085
Waning Gibbous
55.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.2%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2015
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 271.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 2.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.52° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.75° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.34° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.