The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 7, 1957
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 PM
7:48 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 432
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 346.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 21m / 19.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.85° / -3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / 5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.39° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.