The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 6, 2007
Waning Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 AM
2:53 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1050
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 211.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 28m / -19.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.09° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.03° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.63° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.