The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 7, 2048
Waxing Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 AM
7:38 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1558
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 142.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 06m / -20.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.38° / 2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.92° / -2.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.41° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.