The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 1, 1989
Waxing Crescent
10.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 AM
7:52 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.4%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 828
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 138.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -25.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.94° / -2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / 4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.00° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.