The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 7, 2023
Waning Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 AM
2:01 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1248
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 | 296.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 244.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 47m / -3.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.24° / 1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.00° / -0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.51° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.