The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 7, 2195
Waxing Crescent
30.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
10:45 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.3%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3376
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.8° / 108.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 35m / -11.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.21° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.97° / -2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.89° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.