The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 1, 2056
Waning Crescent
34.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
2:08 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.8%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1656
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 256.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / 5.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.17° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.43° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.80° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.