The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 8, 2088
Waning Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 AM
2:33 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2052
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 | 311.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 227.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -11.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.38° / 0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.05° / 0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.44° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.