The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 7, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
56.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 PM
12:22 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.5%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 457
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 | 97.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 82.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / -2.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.13° / 0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.05° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.20° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.