The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 7, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 PM
5:58 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -75
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 17.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 23m / 23.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.38° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.07° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.