The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 7, 2120
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 PM
9:59 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2448
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 323.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 10m / 24.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.94° / 1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.11° / -1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.63° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.