The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 1, 1932
Waxing Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 AM
9:03 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 123
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.2° / 126.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 12m / -23.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.13° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.74° / 5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.22° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.