The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 7, 2039
Waning Gibbous
61.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 PM
12:44 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.7%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1446
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 | 256.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 283.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 15.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.02° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.27° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.22° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.