The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 8, 2131
Waning Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 PM
11:39 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2584
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 | 236.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 300.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 05m / 20.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.65° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.85° / -3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.03° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.