The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 7, 2077
Last Quarter
46.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 AM
1:25 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.3%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1916
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 267.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 33m / 8.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.60° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.05° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.82° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.