The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 7, 1991
Waxing Crescent
2.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 AM
6:23 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.2%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 853
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 | 17.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 156.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -24.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.15° / -0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.25° / 1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.83° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.