The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 7, 1958
Waning Crescent
12.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 AM
2:58 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.7%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 444
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 221.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -11.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.39° / 1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.91° / -0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.93° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.