The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 1, 2078
Waning Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 AM
3:29 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1928
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.6° / 209.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -14.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.70° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.10° / 0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.55° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.