The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 8, 2147
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 PM
8:38 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2782
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 334.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 14m / 19.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.33° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.84° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.