The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 2150
Waning Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 PM
11:45 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2819
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 299.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 12m / 20.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.38° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.37° / -4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.83° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.