The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 7, 1939
Waning Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 AM
3:01 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 209
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 | 319.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 219.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -12.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.64° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.57° / 0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.14° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.