The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 7, 1911
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 PM
9:40 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -137
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 332.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 32m / 27.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.02° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.73° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.37° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.