The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 1, 2169
Waxing Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 PM
4:26 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3054
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 32.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 22m / 10.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.68° / -3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.57° / 5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.30° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.