The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 7, 2165
Waxing Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 AM
9:25 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3005
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 122.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 33m / -16.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.56° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.73° / -2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.98° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.