The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 7, 2017
Waning Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
11:20 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1174
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 | 236.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.9° / 298.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 16.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.33° / -0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.43° / 1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.55° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.