The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 7, 1917
Waning Crescent
39.7% 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
12:56 AM
12:57 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.7%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -63
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 | 282.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.0° / 255.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / -3.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.17° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.80° / 7.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.37° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.