The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 7, 2036
Waning Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
11:16 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1409
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 | 234.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.4° / 300.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 53m / 17.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.84° / 0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.25° / 0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.35° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.