The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 1, 1959
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 AM
6:55 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 457
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 | 19.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.9° / 152.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 52m / -18.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.98° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.91° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.27° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.