The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 8, 2187
Waxing Gibbous
57.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
12:21 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3277
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 83.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 50m / -6.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.91° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.03° / 7.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.08° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.