The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 1, 2154
Waning Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 AM
2:37 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2868
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 229.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 17m / -9.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.20° / -0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.02° / 2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.41° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.