The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 7, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 PM
4:09 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 259
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 | 131.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 35.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 5.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.76° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.50° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.