The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 7, 2058
Last Quarter
54.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.8%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1681
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 276.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 56m / 12.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.43° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.99° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.02° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| 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.