The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 1, 2011
Waxing Crescent
43.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.2%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1100
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 | 82.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 95.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 05m / -6.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.17° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.86° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.26° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.