The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 7, 1922
Waning Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 PM
10:04 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -1
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 | 219.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 312.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 41m / 16.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.07° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.94° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.76° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.