The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 7, 1909
Waning Crescent
22.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 AM
2:31 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -162
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 238.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 13m / -3.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.01° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.68° / -4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.04° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.