The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 1, 1943
Waxing Crescent
20.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 PM
10:28 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.1%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 259
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.3° / 112.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 16m / -19.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.78° / 0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.33° / 0.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.46° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.