The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 8, 2142
Waning Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
11:45 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2720
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 | 254.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 280.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 03m / 6.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.65° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.12° / 7.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.45° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.