The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 1, 2159
Last Quarter
55.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.0%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2930
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.1° / 273.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 5.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.65° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.66° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.