The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 1, 1917
Waning Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 PM
10:08 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -63
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 | 215.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 317.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 03m / 21.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.60° / -1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / 2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.46° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.