The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 7, 2056
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 AM
6:04 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1657
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 | 10.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.0° / 161.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 48m / -22.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.20° / 1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.24° / -0.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.07° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.