The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 1, 2181
Waning Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
1:55 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3202
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 | 296.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 244.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / -4.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.46° / -1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.38° / 3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.56° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.