The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 7, 2138
Waxing Crescent
31.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 AM
10:57 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.8%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2671
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 107.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 44m / -12.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.99° / 0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.33° / 0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.15° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.