The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 1, 1904
Waning Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 AM
1:52 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -224
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 254.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / 2.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.31° / 1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.06° / -0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.74° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.