The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 7, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 PM
2:59 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 494
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 | 130.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 51.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 41m / 4.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.13° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.47° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.19° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.