The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 1, 1972
Waning Crescent
14.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 AM
2:25 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.8%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 617
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 | 315.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 224.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -14.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.66° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.42° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.