The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 7, 1976
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:15 PM
8:09 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 667
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 341.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 44m / 19.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.26° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.98° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.17° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.