The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 1, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
12:17 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -174
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 83.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / -8.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.71° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.42° / 7.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.31° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.