The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 7, 2034
Waning Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 AM
3:32 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1384
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.5° / 213.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -11.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.65° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.78° / -4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.96° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.