The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 1, 1902
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 AM
6:44 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -248
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 153.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 44m / -18.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.27° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.50° / -5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.50° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.