The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 7, 2052
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
8:45 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1607
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 | 200.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 330.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 27m / 18.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.42° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.60° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.17° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.