The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 1, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
65.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 PM
1:13 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.1%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 197
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 | 107.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 72.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / 2.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.30° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.74° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.23° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.