The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 1, 1905
Waxing Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 AM
10:31 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -211
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 111.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 08m / -15.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.85° / 0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.99° / -0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.38° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.