The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 7, 2148
Waning Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 AM
3:22 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2794
Events on this date
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 3.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.7° / 219.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 25m / -8.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.83° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.84° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.42° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.