The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 7, 2104
Waning Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 PM
11:39 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2250
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 283.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 48m / 7.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.51° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.33° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.84° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.