The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 1, 2016
Waxing Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 AM
7:12 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1162
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 | 24.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 147.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -18.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.10° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.52° / -5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.86° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.