The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 7, 2066
Waning Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
11:25 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1780
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 | 244.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 289.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 24m / 10.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.02° / -4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / 6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.39° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.