The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 1, 1944
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 PM
10:05 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 271
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 | 201.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 318.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 02m / 21.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.41° / -1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / 2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.16° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.