The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 1, 2167
Waning Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
12:10 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3029
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.3° / 291.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 17.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.72° / 1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.70° / -1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.05° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.