The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 8, 2112
Waning Gibbous
73.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 PM
11:53 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.7%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2349
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 | 241.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 295.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 28m / 18.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.55° / 3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.80° / -3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.37° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.