The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 7, 2047
Waning Gibbous
76.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
11:12 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.4%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1545
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 | 238.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 295.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 01m / 13.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.65° / -3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.15° / 4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.61° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.