The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 1, 2073
Waxing Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 AM
7:52 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1867
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 | 33.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 138.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 59m / -20.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.87° / 2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.93° / -2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.63° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.