The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 7, 2156
Waning Crescent
25.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 AM
1:45 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.1%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2893
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.8° / 239.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -9.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.17° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.18° / 5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.76° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.