The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 1, 1929
Waxing Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 AM
5:18 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 86
Events on this date
-
Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 2.0° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 169.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 52m / -25.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.71° / -2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.20° / 4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.37° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 308.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.