The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 1, 2171
Waxing Crescent
23.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
9:37 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.8%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3079
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 121.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -23.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.51° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.80° / 7.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.99° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.