The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 7, 2081
Waxing Crescent
44.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1966
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 | 83.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 94.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -7.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.12° / 0.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.66° / 0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.20° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.