The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 1, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 PM
3:42 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 333
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.2° / 43.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 35m / 10.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.88° / 0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.80° / -0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.83° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.