The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 8, 2183
Waning Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
1:43 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3227
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 252.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / -0.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.34° / 1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.38° / -1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.93° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.