The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 7, 2152
Waxing Gibbous
82.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 PM
3:12 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2844
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.4° / 50.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 42m / 8.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.60° / -1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.37° / 3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.64° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.