The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 7, 1966
Waning Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
2:22 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 543
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 239.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -4.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.37° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.57° / -2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.29° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.