The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 7, 2180
Waning Gibbous
74.6% 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
10:22 PM
11:08 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3190
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 | 240.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 292.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 10m / 10.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.76° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.96° / 7.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.90° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.