The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 7, 2115
Waning Gibbous
59.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 PM
12:50 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2386
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 | 259.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.4° / 281.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 32m / 14.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.24° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.58° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.11° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.