The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 8, 2196
Waning Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 PM
10:11 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3388
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.9° / 314.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 48m / 19.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.39° / -1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.39° / 3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.84° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.