The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 7, 1995
Waning Gibbous
99.5% 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
6:00 PM
7:53 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 902
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 | 187.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.1° / 345.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 27m / 18.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.19° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.81° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.6° |
| 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.