The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 7, 2014
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 PM
8:22 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1137
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 | 194.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 337.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 59m / 18.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.70° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.60° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.