The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 1, 1926
Waning Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 AM
3:23 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 48
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 | 318.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 223.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -5.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.09° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.34° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.46° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.