The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 7, 1985
Waning Crescent
25.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 AM
2:14 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.1%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 778
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 | 300.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 241.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -4.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.55° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.47° / -1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.09° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.