The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 7, 1918
Waxing Crescent
16.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 AM
9:12 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.3%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -50
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 | 47.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 124.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 14m / -15.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.26° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.34° / -4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.72° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.