The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 2116
Waxing Crescent
19.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 AM
9:09 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.1%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2399
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 125.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 48m / -22.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.27° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.77° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.67° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.