The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 7, 1953
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 AM
6:08 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 383
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 | 14.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 158.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 01m / -25.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.25° / -2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.42° / 3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.27° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.