The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 1, 1923
Last Quarter
47.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.0%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 11
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.2° / 268.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 54m / 7.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.02° / 0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.41° / 0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.37° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.