The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 1, 2030
First Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1335
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.9° / 90.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 25m / -4.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.49° / 5.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.03° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.47° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.