The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 7, 2099
Waning Crescent
22.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 AM
2:00 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.8%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2188
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 236.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -9.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.94° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.98° / 3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.54° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.