The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 1, 2059
Waning Crescent
11.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 AM
3:14 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.0%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1693
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.2° / 219.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -10.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.90° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.53° / -1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.74° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.