The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 1, 1927
First Quarter
45.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.9%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 61
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 97.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 30m / -14.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.62° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.67° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.66° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.