The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 8, 2171
Waxing Gibbous
87.9% 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
2:55 PM
4:01 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3079
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 | 139.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 40.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 14m / 12.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.66° / -0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.41° / 1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.87° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.