The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 7, 1952
Waning Gibbous
67.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 PM
11:57 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.2%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 370
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 286.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 50m / 12.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.60° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.52° / 2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.91° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.