The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 1, 2046
Waxing Crescent
17.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 AM
9:02 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.1%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1533
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 126.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -20.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.33° / 0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.02° / 0.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.77° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.