The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 1, 1911
Waxing Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
2:12 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -137
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 | 121.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 61.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / 2.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.58° / -1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.90° / 3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.42° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.