The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 1, 1930
Waxing Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
2:52 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 98
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 53.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 02m / 6.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.69° / -0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.09° / 1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.61° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.