The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 1, 2082
Waxing Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 PM
4:07 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1978
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 39.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 15.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.75° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.60° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.60° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.