The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 7, 1947
Waning Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 AM
2:28 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 308
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 238.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -4.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.30° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / -3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.47° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.