The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 7, 2106
Waxing Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 PM
3:45 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2275
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 43.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 57m / 12.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.70° / 0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.54° / 0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.65° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.