The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 7, 2155
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
6:36 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2881
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 10.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 52m / 25.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.23° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / -5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.85° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.