The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 1, 2040
Waning Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 AM
3:27 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1458
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 | 326.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 213.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -12.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.27° / 1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.10° / -1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.11° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.