The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 1, 1915
Waning Crescent
31.8% 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
1:32 AM
1:36 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.8%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -88
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 | 291.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 249.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / -3.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.92° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.10° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.00° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.