The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 7, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 PM
2:50 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1199
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 | 127.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 54.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 31m / 4.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.63° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.32° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.94° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.0° |
| 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.