The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 7, 2113
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 AM
4:46 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2361
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.8° / 181.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -20.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.17° / 1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.18° / -0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.97° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.