The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 2122
Waxing Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
1:47 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2473
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 | 112.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 65.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 26m / 8.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.23° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.87° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.72° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| 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.