The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 7, 1901
Waning Crescent
10.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 AM
3:04 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.1%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -261
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 | 323.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.9° / 215.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -14.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.03° / -0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.24° / 1.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.70° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.