The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 1, 2121
Last Quarter
52.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.8%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2460
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.9° / 271.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 27m / 5.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.43° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.06° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.21° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.