The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 7, 2185
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 PM
7:54 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3252
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 344.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 33m / 19.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.71° / -3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.20° / 5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.32° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.