The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 1, 1942
Waning Crescent
44.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 AM
2:28 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.2%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 246
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.9° / 254.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 10m / 7.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.68° / 1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.34° / -1.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.66° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.