The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 1, 1946
First Quarter
48.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.1%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 296
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.7° / 95.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -14.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.57° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.90° / 7.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.86° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.