The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 7, 2114
Waxing Gibbous
73.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
1:56 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.1%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2374
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.7° / 64.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 1.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.74° / -4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.69° / 6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.25° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.