The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 1, 2138
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 AM
4:12 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2670
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.0° / 185.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 47m / -24.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.17° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.77° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.73° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.