The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 1, 2108
Waning Crescent
2.1% 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
5:52 AM
4:35 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2299
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.7° / 192.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 29m / -14.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.52° / 4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.23° / -4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.65° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.