The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 7, 2186
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 AM
3:26 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3264
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 | 322.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.9° / 217.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 30m / -9.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.38° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.55° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.87° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.