The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 1, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 PM
3:41 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1508
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 43.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 32m / 13.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.21° / 3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / -4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.02° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.