The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 1, 1953
Waning Crescent
20.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 AM
2:05 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.4%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Corvus
- Lunation number
- 382
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 233.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / -10.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.77° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.45° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.59° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.