The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 7, 2137
Waning Crescent
31.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 AM
1:32 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.4%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2658
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 247.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 24m / -5.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.71° / -2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.49° / 4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.97° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.