The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 2133
Waxing Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 PM
3:29 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2609
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 45.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 58m / 9.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.89° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.05° / 3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.31° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.