The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Waning Crescent
10.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 AM
3:24 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.0%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1223
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 | 323.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 216.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -10.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.09° / 2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.10° / -2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.32° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.