The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 7, 2059
Waxing Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 AM
7:24 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1694
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.1° / 142.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 20m / -26.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.75° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.10° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.