The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 7, 1920
Waning Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 AM
3:29 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -26
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 | 329.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 208.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 52m / -15.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.12° / 0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.15° / -0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.51° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.