The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 7, 2012
Waning Crescent
38.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 AM
1:02 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.8%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1112
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 | 283.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 255.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / -3.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.10° / -4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.57° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.23° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.