The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 7, 2103
Waxing Gibbous
60.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 PM
12:49 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.5%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2238
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 | 102.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 75.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / 3.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.99° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.69° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.