The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 1, 2045
Last Quarter
46.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.7%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1520
Events on this date
-
Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 266.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 57m / 4.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.84° / -2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.89° / 3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.35° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| 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.