The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 7, 2061
Waning Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 AM
2:29 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1718
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 | 313.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 225.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -13.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.86° / -1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / 3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.11° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.