The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 1, 2062
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 AM
5:20 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1731
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 166.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 07m / -27.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.35° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.94° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.10° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 308.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.