The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 1, 2008
Waxing Crescent
13.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 AM
8:26 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.7%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1063
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 2.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.6° / 132.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 41m / -22.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.21° / -1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.89° / 2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.19° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.