The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 8, 2134
Last Quarter
50.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.6%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2621
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.1° / 271.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 14m / 9.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.88° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.13° / -4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.09° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.