The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 7, 2173
Waxing Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 AM
7:37 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3104
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,700 km.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 140.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 30m / -26.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.17° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.59° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.63° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.