The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 8, 2090
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 PM
8:48 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2077
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 | 200.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 330.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 31m / 18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.28° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.77° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.7° |
| 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.