The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 1, 1981
Waxing Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 AM
9:30 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 729
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 | 55.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.0° / 121.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 30m / -20.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.98° / -1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.57° / 2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.34° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.