The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 1, 2051
Waning Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 AM
4:18 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1594
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.3° / 195.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 16m / -15.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.84° / 2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.07° / -2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.41° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.