The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 1, 2076
Waxing Crescent
31.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 PM
10:34 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.3%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1904
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 112.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 29m / -19.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.25° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.51° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.