The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 1, 2018
Waning Crescent
31.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 AM
2:16 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.6%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1186
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 | 291.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 252.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / 3.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.25° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.07° / -5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.18° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.