The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 1, 1939
Waning Gibbous
73.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
11:20 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.7%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 209
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 | 241.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.1° / 292.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 45m / 12.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.28° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.05° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.14° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| 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.