The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 7, 2080
Waning Crescent
13.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 AM
2:33 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.4%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1953
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 221.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -15.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.75° / -2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / 4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.93° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.