The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 7, 2053
Waning Crescent
6.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 AM
3:53 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.0%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1619
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.7° / 205.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 08m / -12.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.16° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.77° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.