The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 2099
Waning Crescent
13.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 AM
2:28 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.9%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2188
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 222.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -15.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.36° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.35° / 5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.72° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.