The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 7, 2045
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 AM
4:10 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1520
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 | 350.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 185.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -26.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.53° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.21° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.44° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.