The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 2161
Waning Gibbous
66.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 PM
11:38 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.0%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2955
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 | 251.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 282.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 54m / 7.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.25° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.47° / 7.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.27° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| 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.