The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 1, 2143
Waning Crescent
28.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 AM
1:48 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.6%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2732
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.8° / 245.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / -4.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.67° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.77° / 5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.96° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.