The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 7, 2078
Waxing Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 AM
7:39 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1929
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 139.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -26.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.40° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.30° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.