The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 2111
Waxing Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
12:24 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2337
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 | 99.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 82.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / -5.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.76° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.16° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.