The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 7, 2013
Waxing Crescent
29.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
10:47 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.0%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1125
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 | 65.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.6° / 108.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 26m / -9.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.76° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.54° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.88° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.