The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 1, 2057
Waxing Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 PM
10:47 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1669
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 110.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -18.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.23° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.10° / 6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.31° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.