The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 1, 2068
Waxing Crescent
44.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1805
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 | 83.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 93.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 15m / -5.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.65° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.18° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.85° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.