The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 7, 1908
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 PM
7:16 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -174
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 2:39 PM, is deepest at 4:54 PM and ends at 7:10 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.2° / 356.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 46m / 21.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.82° / -1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / 2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.48° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 224.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.