The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 8, 2115
Last Quarter
48.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.2%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2386
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.8° / 269.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 23m / 8.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.18° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.27° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.