The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 7, 1900
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 PM
8:41 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -273
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.7° / 335.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 07m / 20.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.70° / -2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / 4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.12° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.