The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 1, 2149
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 AM
6:22 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2807
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 2.7° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 156.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -21.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.63° / 1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.90° / -1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.77° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.