The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 7, 2069
Waning Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
1:41 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1817
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 | 294.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 244.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / -6.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.84° / -2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.84° / 3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.46° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.