The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 8, 2158
Waning Gibbous
88.3% 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
8:31 PM
10:24 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2918
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 | 220.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 312.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 54m / 20.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.71° / -0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / 1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.23° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.6° |
| 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.