The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 1, 2049
First Quarter
47.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.0%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1570
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 | 86.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.5° / 91.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 25m / -4.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.31° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.68° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.67° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| 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.