The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 7, 2172
Waning Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 PM
12:42 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3091
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 | 259.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 280.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 35m / 12.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.60° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.61° / -4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.51° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.