The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 7, 2037
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 AM
6:00 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1422
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.2° / 163.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 40m / -21.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.31° / 2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / -1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.88° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.