The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 1, 1951
Waxing Crescent
10.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 AM
7:50 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.4%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 358
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 | 37.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.2° / 138.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -26.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.00° / -3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.54° / 5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.61° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.