The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 1, 2007
Last Quarter
48.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.4%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1050
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
-
Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 268.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 49m / 6.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.15° / -0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.65° / 1.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.75° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.