The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 7, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
12:55 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1867
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 | 104.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 77.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 08m / -3.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.65° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.44° / 5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.58° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.