The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 1, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
12:39 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1236
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 79.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 42m / -6.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.44° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.44° / 5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.84° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.