The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 1, 1940
Waxing Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
7:50 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 222
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 | 31.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 140.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -17.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.64° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.65° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.88° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.