The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Waxing Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 AM
7:04 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1088
Events on this date
-
Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 148.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 42m / -22.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.65° / 0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.57° / -0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.01° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.