The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 8, 2095
Waxing Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
4:22 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2139
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 33.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 41m / 13.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.89° / -2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.10° / 4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.78° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.