The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 7, 2004
Waning Crescent
23.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 AM
2:13 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.8%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1013
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 239.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 07m / -5.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.64° / 1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.56° / -0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.87° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.