The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 7, 2007
Waning Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 AM
3:23 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1050
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 | 337.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 199.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 17m / -23.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.96° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.17° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.82° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.