The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 7, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 PM
6:33 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1941
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 | 166.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 8.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 59m / 24.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.60° / 3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.48° / -3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.73° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.