The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 1, 1922
Waxing Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 PM
4:35 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -1
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 | 148.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 31.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 23m / 10.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.06° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.58° / 5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.04° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.8° |
| 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.