The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 8, 2136
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 PM
8:03 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2646
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 353.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 07m / 27.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.30° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.44° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.63° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 11.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.