The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 7, 2046
Waxing Gibbous
71.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 PM
2:07 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.8%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1533
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 62.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 35m / 9.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.59° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.00° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.76° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.