The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 1, 1978
Waxing Crescent
2.8% 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
8:39 AM
6:52 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 692
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 152.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 50m / -18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.71° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.57° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.46° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.8° |
| 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.