The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 8, 2119
First Quarter
44.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.7%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2436
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.1° / 93.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 43m / -6.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.79° / 1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.11° / -0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.77° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.