The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 7, 2054
First Quarter
54.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 PM
12:07 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.4%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1632
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 85.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / -5.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.71° / -2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.26° / 4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.38° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.