The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 7, 2015
Waning Crescent
13.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 AM
3:04 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.2%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1149
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 222.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -9.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.78° / 2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.96° / -3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.16° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.