The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 7, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
60.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
12:46 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.0%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 222
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 | 101.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 78.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 47m / -0.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.83° / 1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.74° / -0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.83° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.