The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 1, 1997
Waxing Crescent
3.1% 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
8:44 AM
6:54 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 927
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 | 19.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 151.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.09° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.37° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.66° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.