The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 2139
Waning Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 PM
10:18 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2683
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.3° / 316.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 40m / 21.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.13° / 0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.01° / 0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.43° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.