The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 1, 1961
Waning Crescent
36.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 AM
1:53 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.6%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 481
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 | 285.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 257.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 4.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.94° / 2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.86° / -2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.95° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.