The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 7, 2089
Waxing Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
10:29 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2065
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.7° / 110.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 22m / -11.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.35° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.51° / -4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.83° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.