The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 1, 2132
Waning Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
2:20 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2596
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Mercury, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.3° / 251.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / 3.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.76° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.87° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.66° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.