The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 7, 2129
Waning Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 AM
2:59 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2559
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.8° / 228.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -6.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.03° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.61° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.