The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 7, 1949
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 PM
9:50 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 333
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
-
Venus and Jupiter 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 | 203.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 330.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 42m / 28.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.26° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.98° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.