The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 7, 2070
Waxing Crescent
21.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 AM
9:46 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.1%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1830
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 118.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 46m / -13.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.35° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.31° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.64° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.