The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 7, 2055
Waning Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 PM
10:28 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1644
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 | 220.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 312.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 54m / 20.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.46° / -0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.58° / 1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.01° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.