The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 1, 2147
Waxing Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
12:59 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2782
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 75.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 52m / -3.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.71° / -2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.10° / 4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.11° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.