The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 7, 2068
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 PM
6:04 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1805
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 | 163.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 12.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 50m / 19.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.55° / -0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.10° / 1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.99° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.