The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 1, 1913
Waxing Crescent
15.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 AM
8:31 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.4%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -112
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.9° / 131.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 50m / -25.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.81° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.57° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.02° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.