The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 1, 2160
Waxing Crescent
14.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 AM
8:46 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.2%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2943
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 129.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 41m / -17.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.02° / 3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.77° / -3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.29° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.