The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 1, 2000
Waxing Crescent
27.6% 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
12:01 PM
10:08 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.6%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 964
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 115.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 05m / -19.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.03° / -2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.74° / 3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.54° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.