The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 8, 2125
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
5:17 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2510
Events on this date
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Venus 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 | 154.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 23.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 16m / 16.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.83° / -1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.99° / 3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.71° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.