The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 7, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 PM
3:21 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -211
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 48.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 50m / 6.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.98° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.68° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.43° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.