The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 1, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 PM
4:50 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1174
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 | 152.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.0° / 26.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 46m / 10.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.35° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.04° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.23° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.