The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 7, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
6:10 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 296
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 | 165.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 10.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 54m / 19.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.32° / -1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.64° / 2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.00° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.