The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 8, 2130
Waxing Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
12:08 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2572
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 | 96.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.3° / 84.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 42m / -6.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.14° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.40° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.34° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.