The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 2172
Last Quarter
49.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.4%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3091
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 269.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 20m / 7.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.00° / 2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.38° / -2.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.67° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.