The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 7, 2020
Last Quarter
53.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.6%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1211
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.7° / 275.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 02m / 11.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.01° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.27° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.60° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.