The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 1, 1945
Waning Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 AM
3:43 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 283
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.8° / 212.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 21m / -9.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.05° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.52° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.27° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| 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.