The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 7, 2025
Waning Gibbous
89.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 PM
10:40 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.2%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1273
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 316.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 47m / 25.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.14° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / -4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.96° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.