The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 7, 1975
Waxing Crescent
23.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 AM
10:05 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.4%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 655
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 | 57.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 115.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 54m / -12.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.60° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.47° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.