The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 7, 1941
Waning Gibbous
86.9% 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
8:44 PM
10:18 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 234
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 | 222.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 309.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 55m / 16.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.59° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.59° / 5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.55° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.