The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 1, 1907
Waning Crescent
17.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 AM
3:07 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.3%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -187
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.0° / 231.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -2.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.50° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.83° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.65° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.