The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 7, 1902
Waxing Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -248
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 | 83.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 93.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -5.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.23° / 3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.36° / -3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.42° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.