The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 1, 2106
Waxing Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 AM
10:45 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2275
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 108.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 08m / -11.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.15° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.71° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.59° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.