The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 21, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 PM
5:11 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1051
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 147.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 27.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 33m / 24.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.73° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.69° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.82° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.