The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 7, 2142
Waning Gibbous
74.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
11:10 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.4%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2720
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 | 240.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.9° / 292.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 09m / 11.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.26° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.30° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.