The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 7, 2197
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 AM
3:49 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3400
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,500 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 196.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 34m / -21.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.19° / -1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.74° / 3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.36° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.