The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 1, 2079
First Quarter
50.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.5%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1941
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 92.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 51m / -10.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.02° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.35° / 5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.58° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.