The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 7, 2005
Waxing Crescent
42.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 PM
11:57 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.3%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1026
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.6° / 98.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 38m / -11.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.66° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.91° / 4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.23° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| 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.