The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 7, 1913
Waxing Gibbous
69.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 PM
1:43 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.2%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -112
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 67.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 25m / 4.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.50° / 1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / -1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.01° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.