The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 8, 2168
Waxing Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
12:31 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3042
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 | 100.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 81.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 00m / -5.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.70° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.23° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.73° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.