The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 7, 1928
Waning Crescent
17.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:15 AM
2:46 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.2%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 73
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 | 311.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 229.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -7.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.62° / 2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.14° / -3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.84° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| 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.