The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 1, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 PM
5:16 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 234
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 | 156.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.3° / 21.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 58m / 12.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.67° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.79° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.26° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.