The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 1, 2113
Waning Crescent
35.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 AM
2:08 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.2%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2361
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 257.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / 6.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.81° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.06° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.86° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.