The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 8, 2123
Waning Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 PM
11:49 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2485
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 | 255.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.2° / 279.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 06m / 6.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.22° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.88° / 7.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.64° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.