The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 8, 2152
Waxing Gibbous
89.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 PM
4:13 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.2%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2844
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 37.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 26m / 13.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.66° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.59° / 1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.50° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.