The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 7, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
71.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 PM
1:55 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.1%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 358
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 64.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 31m / 6.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.66° / 2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.87° / -2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.59° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.