The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 7, 1990
Waning Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 PM
11:58 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 840
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 | 253.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 282.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 9.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.51° / -2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.11° / 4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.36° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.