The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 7, 2096
Waning Crescent
39.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 AM
1:39 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.7%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2151
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 | 282.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 259.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / 4.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.71° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.01° / -4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.62° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.