The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 7, 2074
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 PM
10:47 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1879
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 | 224.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.5° / 309.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 13m / 20.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.79° / 0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.48° / 0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.80° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.