The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 7, 2158
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 PM
9:38 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2918
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 | 206.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 326.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 52m / 23.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.98° / 0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.88° / -0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.10° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.