The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 1, 2019
Waxing Crescent
26.3% 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
11:59 AM
9:58 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.3%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1199
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 | 61.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.1° / 117.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 56m / -20.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.74° / -2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / 4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.91° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.