The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 1, 1928
Waning Gibbous
75.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 PM
12:04 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.1%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 73
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 | 239.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 299.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 52m / 22.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.21° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.40° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.86° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.