The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 7, 2060
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 PM
7:53 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1706
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 353.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 05m / 26.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.64° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.46° / -4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.41° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 14.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.