The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 1, 1912
Last Quarter
47.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.3%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -125
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 269.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 59m / 9.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.37° / 2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.56° / -2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.11° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.