The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 7, 2097
Waxing Crescent
13.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
8:17 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.4%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2164
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 133.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 09m / -25.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.94° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.44° / 7.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.49° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.