The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 1, 2124
Waning Crescent
17.9% 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
3:10 AM
2:25 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2497
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.6° / 230.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -10.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.80° / -2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / 4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.32° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.