The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 1, 2105
Waning Crescent
20.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 AM
2:13 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.2%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2262
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 | 306.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 233.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -9.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.11° / -3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.01° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.51° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.