The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 7, 1921
First Quarter
51.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.6%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -13
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 91.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 86.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 07m / -2.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.74° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.09° / -2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.62° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.