The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 7, 1932
Waxing Gibbous
76.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
2:32 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.1%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 123
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 58.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 57m / 9.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.78° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.95° / -2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.23° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.