The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 7, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
83.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 PM
3:10 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 964
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 | 131.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 49.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 5.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.50° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.46° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.59° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.