The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 1, 2141
Waxing Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
7:58 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2708
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.6° / 137.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 04m / -20.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.02° / 2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.05° / -2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.10° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.