The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 7, 2001
Last Quarter
51.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.5%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 976
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 272.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 09m / 11.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.09° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.00° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.79° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.