The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 7, 1974
Waning Crescent
35.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 AM
1:09 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.8%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 642
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 | 286.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.0° / 251.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / -5.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.91° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.62° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.63° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.