The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 7, 2161
Waning Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 PM
11:03 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2955
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.1° / 294.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 02m / 11.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.50° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.07° / 7.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.12° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.