The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Waxing Crescent
16.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 AM
8:49 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.3%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1224
Events on this date
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.5° / 128.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 26m / -23.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.14° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.35° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.53° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.