The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 7, 1986
Waxing Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 791
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 97.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 42m / -11.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.52° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.97° / 5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.03° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.