The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 8, 2104
Waning Gibbous
56.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.7%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2250
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.9° / 273.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 35m / 3.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.09° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / 7.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.00° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.