The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 8, 2103
Waxing Gibbous
71.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
1:59 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.4%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2238
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 63.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / 9.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.23° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.32° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.54° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.