The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 7, 2018
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 AM
5:43 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1187
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 168.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -19.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.17° / 3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / -3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.70° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.