The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 7, 2093
Waning Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 PM
11:20 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2114
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 302.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 48m / 19.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.01° / 1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.50° / -1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.58° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.