The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 7, 2072
Waning Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 AM
4:02 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1854
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.0° / 203.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 19m / -13.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.80° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.64° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.58° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.