The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 1, 2174
First Quarter
49.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.5%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3116
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 91.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 42m / -8.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.91° / -0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.13° / 1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.92° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.