The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 1, 1921
Waxing Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 AM
7:21 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -13
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 | 25.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 145.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 19m / -18.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.46° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.69° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.